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In an extended tale, the (female) narrator observes how an innocent middle school bride (Verdancy Chu) transcends the death of her air force pilot husband during the war years to attain some degree of stability in the post-war Taiwan environment. The aging 'Snow Beauty' (Yin Hsueh-yen) looks back on her days as the belle of Shanghai's Paramount ballroom she is still the center of attention at upscale mahjong soirees she arranges at her Taipei home. (Based on the English translation by the author and Patia Yasin, published as 'Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream.') Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream (遊園驚夢)īrief synopses are provided below.

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A Sky Full of Bright, Twinkling Stars (滿天裏亮晶晶的星星).The Last Night of Taipan Chin (金大班的最後一夜).' Taipei People' consists of fourteen stories:

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The stories have been also reworked to dramas in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and a movie in Taiwan. The collection has been translated into English and other languages. Some of them include dance halls, teahouses, taxi dancer, and (sexual) patronage mahjong the Kuomintang military, especially the officer corps China's diverse regions fashion, especially the chipao (qipao) traditional Chinese interior furnishings Buddhism Peking opera separation and many others. The stories are interwoven with a large number of motifs that are very suggestive of the place, the time, and the people. Their loss and their sense of insecurity is what this book is depicting. Also, another book of Pai Hsien-yung called 'New Yorkers' are similar to the two books.Īlthough these people are called 'Taipei People', in their minds they are always reminiscing the scintillating old times in Mainland China, therefore most of them don't really belong to Taipei mentally. Both of the books are short story series, and they are all about people in a certain city. The format and topic of this book is often compared to James Joyce's 'Dubliners'.

'Taipei People' is the iconic literary work reflecting the experience of people from Mainland China ('mainlanders', waishengren) who fled to Taiwan following the War of Resistance against Japan and the Chinese Civil War and founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

6.12 Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream (遊園驚夢).6.11 A Sky Full of Bright, Twinkling Stars (滿天裏亮晶晶的星星).6.4 The Last Night of Taipan Chin (金大班的最後一夜).